RESOURCES
Where the framework comes from
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OECD Neuroscience-Inspired Policy Initiative
The founding policy program behind the Brain Capital framework, co-led by Dr Harris Eyre.
oecd.org →
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The Human Advantage: Stronger Brains in the Age of AI
World Economic Forum × McKinsey Health Institute, January 2026. Estimates $6.2 trillion in potential global GDP gains from investing in brain capital by 2050.
mckinsey.com/mhi →
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Brain Capital Alliance & Global Brain Economy Initiative
Rice University, UTMB and Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative — positioning brain health and brain skills at the forefront of global economic development.
globalbraineconomy.org →
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Deakin IMPACT Institute
Home institution of Dr Harris Eyre in Australia — Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation.
deakin.edu.au →
The numbers behind our case
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AIHW — Dementia in Australia
Prevalence, projections, and government spending data. Source for our 425,000 (2024) and 970,000 (2058) figures, and the $4.7bn direct spend figure for 2022–23.
aihw.gov.au →
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NATSEM — Economic Cost of Dementia in Australia, 2016–2056
University of Canberra modelling for Dementia Australia. Source for the $14.25bn (2016) total economic cost figure.
canberra.edu.au →
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Productivity Commission — Mental Health Inquiry (2020)
Source for the $220bn annual cost estimate and the $4.2bn reform → $21bn return modelling. Also the origin of the early-childhood/school mental health “very cost effective” finding.
pc.gov.au →
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Biogen ANZ / NATSEM — Economic and Societal Cost of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2021–2041
Source for the $26.6bn annual cost by 2041 and $442bn cumulative 20-year impact projections.
See citation in Approach →
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National Dementia Action Plan 2024–2034 & Aged Care Act 2024
The current government reform environment underpinning our entry-point rationale.
health.gov.au →
Models we’re learning from
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GiveWell & Coefficient Giving
The direct model for our approach — rigorous, published cost-effectiveness research paired with donor coordination at scale.
blog.givewell.org →
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Meharry School of Global Health — Mental Health ROI Calculator
Equity-focused cost-of-illness methodology (US), built with the Deloitte Health Equity Institute. A methodology precedent for our workplace-bucket modelling.
mentalhealthroi.org →
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Educate Girls Development Impact Bond
UBS Optimus Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation — the world’s first education DIB, and a precedent for outcomes-based finance in our early childhood bucket.
See citation in Approach →
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